The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-01
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LCsnoluded nom nrst pags.

ERNEST ho66lter loOclal D0mOcfauc
Federation) supported the resolution.
and made an eloquent speech. He
hoped the Anarchists Of America would
avsnae the Judicial butchery Of the
leaders Of the Chicago Anarchist party,
and select for assassination at least
three Of the most prominent capitalists
to each one Of the Anarchists. If our
enemies intend to pursue this courae, we
must show that two can play at that
game anyhow. All reforms worth hav-
ing had been won by force and could be
won by no other means. The, older out
breaks had failed in manv respects for
significant reasons. but to-day the pro!
letariat was advanced. and the resources
of civilization we're no longer the mo-
nopoly Of our ruling robbers. N
John Ward (social Democratic Feder-
ation] supported the resolution very
earnestly and very a ly and quite con-
Cured with the previous speaker. In.
nocent men were doomed to die because
they spoke the truth about the govern
ing classes, because they pointed out
how they ruled and robbed honest toll.
because they exposed the tricks bv
which the people were held in political
and economic bondage. He was enthu-
siastically applalded. 3
Lothrop Wilmington supported tho
resolution and said he was in America
|at the time the haymarket tragedy took
place and he knew the condemned An.
archists were as innocent as he Of the
bomb-throwing. and they had been con-
demned by public opinion" inter-
ested in hypocrisy and foguerv, and it
was the fault Of the people alone If they
allowed such villainous thing to tax Q
place as the execution of those men. He
said that he only participated in this
meeting because the people of London
were as much, and even more, RESPONSE
BILE than anyone else for these proposed
murders, the one argument rung from
one end Of the United States to the
other, was the London riot Of last Feb
ruarv and the necessity of stamping out
all imitation in the states. The mere
agents Of this legal butchery were but
the willing tools Of public opinion, the
public opinion Of an age degraded by q
religion Of greed. 1t was in our own
coward hearts that the moral RESPONSE
bility rests. Every one of US who ever
bet half crown on horse race or
strained our wits TO clutch hold Of
wealth without working for it. we're boil
sterlng up the vile system which makes
martyrs at Chicago to-day. Never for
get, however, that we can FIX the per.
sonsl res sponsibiltty, ifthis crime is &C.
complished. If these men die, the
name Of Richard Oglesbv will 90 down
to eternal execration. Let official re-
sponslbilitv rest where it ought to rest.
upon the shoulders Of the governor Of
Illinois. No execution can take place
in the state of Illinois without this one
mans written authority, and az the re-
sponsibility upon him. The state seemed
to require victi ms of some sort-it did
not matter whether they we're innocent
or not-s9mebody it must have to ap-
'pesse their mal,gnltv, but 1t generally
happened that the victim was some
"dsngerops' man or other. an Ansrch-
ist to-wit. = ~
4 Henry Seymour also supported the
resolution. VA =
Just as the resolution was about to be
put. telegram was received from the
Norwich Socialist League stating that a
public meeting there joined with this
meeting in condemning the Chicago
sentences. but was sure all such vii.
lainies would serve to hasten the Social
Revolution. =
This had great effect upon the meet.
ing. and the resolution being put. il was
carried unanimously. Even the ennis
safies Of Scotland Yard seemed quite
converted to our views. ~
The sum Of nineteen shillings and
e-pence-halfpenny was collected 1t
the doors to defray the expenses Of the
meeting. The resolution was sent OF
Immediately Afterwards 70 the governor
of the state Of Illinois at Springfield. Z Y
! ,.lI fIk. JAMES BLACKWELL.